Routine

I had to rush through chores last night. I had to work extra yesterday and only found time enough to throw some grain and that was it.

I did have the forsight to grain Joe ahead of time. I left him in the barn to give him adequate time. I am always rushing him as of late and I feel bad. So last night I put him in the barn about 7:30pm and didn't get back out until almost 8:30pm. When Joe heard me come out of the house, he whinnied! It was hilarious! I guess he was tired of standing in the barn by himself (even though Thor was guarding the barn).

I guess Joe had had enough standing in the barn and was ready to get out. Usually I am rushing him and have to drag him out of the barn. I always feel terrible not giving them enough time to enjoy. But last night Joe shot out of the barn and headed over to the permanent pasture to get a drink of water. No leading him this time!

I did stop at the vets yesterday and picked up some Bute for Joe and some Equi-Sec of King. I think the summer heat causes King to have more sore muscles than in the winter time. It could also be due to his flat feet but I have a plan for that too. But for not I'll start giving him his medicine and he'll hopefully show some improvements and not be so sore. I feel so bad for King.

I did let Sam in for his grain (and ran back in to the house to do more work). When I snuck out quick to let him out almost everyone was up at the barn. I normally have them come up to the drylot and then lock them in (so they stay off the pasture and to help them stay away from the mosquitoes). Unfortunately Jim and Maverick were still out in the pasture. I didn't have time to go hunt them down so I left the pasture gate open.

This morning when I went outside to do morning chores, everyone was standing up in the drylot. Here they had the entire night to be out on pasture and they were still up at the barn. I do love this routine. It made me smile seeing Sam, Brego, and Zeke all hanging out in a half way snoozing position. It was too cute. I wish I would have had the camera.

Tonight will be a short night for chores also. We have our monthly saddle club meeting. Hopefully everything will go alright and we'll get people to show for this weekend's Potluck Trail Ride. I guess it doesn't matter if there aren't a lot of people. Mike and I are going down no matter what! It will be a well deserved "mini" vacation.